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# Kerry James Marshall

(1955)   Painter   United States

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Kerry James Marshall is a painter from the United States, best known for *Kerry James Marshall*.

## Quick Facts About Kerry James Marshall

Born October 17, 1955

Nationality United States

Profession Painter

Notable works Kerry James Marshall

Known for School of Beauty, School of Culture, Past Times

Spouse Cheryl Lynn Bruce

## About Kerry James Marshall

He taught painting at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2017 he was named to the Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. He has spent much of his career in Chicago, Illinois.

## Awards & Honors

MacArthur Fellows Program

##  Quotes by Kerry James Marshall · Page 3

> [If you're constantly being reminded of the ways in which your history and your narrative as a people were rooted in loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-you-re-constantly-being-reminded-of-the-ways-in-which-your-history/)

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> [Before people outside of the Western European tradition started asking to be in there, the people who were accumulating objects for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/before-people-outside-of-the-western-european-tradition-started/)

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> [The privileged position of whiteness doesn't allow for someone with one drop of Negro blood to be considered white, which allows whiteness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-privileged-position-of-whiteness-doesn-t-allow-for-someone-with/)

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[Blackness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blackness/)

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> [If you walk into any magazine store, I guarantee that nine out of 10 covers will feature white, blonde, blue-eyed, slim women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-you-walk-into-any-magazine-store-i-guarantee-that-nine-out-of-10/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [Blackness has always been stigmatised, even amongst black people who flee from the density of that blackness. Some black people recoil from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/blackness-has-always-been-stigmatised-even-amongst-black-people-who/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [What I hope 'Mastry' ends up doing is completely undermining or doing away with the notion that artists are a savant: that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/what-i-hope-mastry-ends-up-doing-is-completely-undermining-or-doing/)

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> [Every step on my way to becoming an artist seemed preordained. The right people were always in the right places at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/every-step-on-my-way-to-becoming-an-artist-seemed-preordained-the/)

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> [When you grow up looking at Superman, Batman, and all those superheroes, you take it for granted that is what superheroes are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/when-you-grow-up-looking-at-superman-batman-and-all-those-superheroes/)

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> [People don't really want to hear me say this, but a black person who will give a million dollars to the Museum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/people-don-t-really-want-to-hear-me-say-this-but-a-black-person-who/)

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> [It's forcing the issue of perception by rendering an image that is just at the edge of perception, which in someway forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/it-s-forcing-the-issue-of-perception-by-rendering-an-image-that-is/)

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> [My first black-on-black picture was 'The Portrait of an Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self.' I started using it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/my-first-black-on-black-picture-was-the-portrait-of-an-artist-as-a/)

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> [If you think about the way we experience art, the paradigm is still Western European. If I go to the National Gallery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-you-think-about-the-way-we-experience-art-the-paradigm-is-still/)

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> [I don't see those paintings as abstractions, especially because they are emblems of the inkblot. They aren't smashed together; they are constructed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-don-t-see-those-paintings-as-abstractions-especially-because-they/)

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> [When art works travel from place to place, what you have is the opportunity to engage with the intellect of another person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/when-art-works-travel-from-place-to-place-what-you-have-is-the/)

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> [For black people, everything we do has to be ratified and endorsed by a power structure that is white. And that reinforces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/for-black-people-everything-we-do-has-to-be-ratified-and-endorsed-by/)

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> [I still make paintings and use the figure; it's hard to do and hard to succeed. On some levels, because I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-still-make-paintings-and-use-the-figure-it-s-hard-to-do-and-hard-to/)

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> [If people keep telling you you can't do a thing, then you need to find a really good reason to continue. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/if-people-keep-telling-you-you-can-t-do-a-thing-then-you-need-to-find/)

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> [My introduction to art history was like everybody else's. You see an art history book that has works by Rembrandt and Leonardo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/my-introduction-to-art-history-was-like-everybody-else-s-you-see-an/)

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> [People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/people-ask-me-why-my-figures-have-to-be-so-black-there-are-a-lot-of/)

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> [I want to create music that you can just vibe to. Put in your car and just you know like you roll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-want-to-create-music-that-you-can-just-vibe-to-put-in-your-car-and/)

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> [Progress has always been understood to be driven by exceptional white men. Whether it's the military victories we've achieved, the philosophical foundations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/progress-has-always-been-understood-to-be-driven-by-exceptional-white/)

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[Ingenuity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ingenuity/)

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> [The moment you introduce difference into a museum, then the privileged space is contested, and under the most ideal circumstances what all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/the-moment-you-introduce-difference-into-a-museum-then-the-privileged/)

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> [I gave up on the idea of making art a long time ago, because I wanted to know how to make paintings;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-james-marshall/i-gave-up-on-the-idea-of-making-art-a-long-time-ago-because-i-wanted/)

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